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Show et manteyprereretane ~ 962 ~~ Ofthe Hiftory of Plants._ 5 — a Lis, ree 2 Ranunculus flammens [erratus, lagged Speare-woort. 4 Ranunculus paluftris ratundifliys, Matith Crow-foot,or Speate.ivots, _ ena ——ee 2 “The commonSpeatewoort beingthat which we haue called the leffer,hath leaues flows; and ftalks like the precedent,but altogether lefler: theroote confifteth of an infinite mlmberof threddie ftrings. r ‘ > | ——_-— OFthe Hiftory of Plants: = Sas 963 aeee cerateth and raifeth blifters, andbeing taken. inwardly it killeth remedileffe. Generally all the Crow-feet, as Galen faith, areof avery fharpe or biting qualitie, infomuchas theyraife blifters with paine : and they are hot anddrie in the fourth degtee. aT The Vertues of all the Cromfeet, ‘The Jeaues or roots of ‘Crowfect ftamped and applied vnto any partof the body, caufeth the A skin to fell and blifter,and raifeth vp wheales,bladders,caufeth {cars,crufts,and ouglie vicers sit is laid vponcragged warts,corrtipt nailes,andfich like excrefcences, to caufe them to fall away, The leaues ftamped and applied vnto any peftilentiall or plague forejor carbuncle. ftaieth the B {preadingnature of the fame,and cauferh the venomous or peftilentiall matter tobteath forth, by opelting the parts andpaffages in the skin. : Itprenaileth much to drawa plague fore from the inwardparts, being ofdanger, vnto other re- C mote placesfurther fromthe heart,and other of the fpirituall parts, as hath beene declared in the defeription: Many dovfe totic a littlé of the hierbe ftamped withfalt vnto any ofthe fingers,againtt the pain D oftheteeth;which medicine feldome faileth; for it canferh gteater paine in the finger thanwasin thetooth, bythe meanes whereof,the greater paine taketh away the lefler, Cunning beggets dovfe'to Rampe the leaues,andlayitvnto their legs and arms,whichcaufeth 5 fuch filthy vicers asive daily fee(among {lich wicked vazabonds) to moue the people the more to pittie, ThekindeofCrowfoot of Ilyria,being taken to be Apinmrifus of fome, yet others thinke 4coMam Bacrachiordes so be it. This plant {poileth the fences and vnderftand ing,and draweth together the finewes a bythetaking aufcles of the face in fuch ftrange manner, that thofe who beholding fuch as-died hereofhaue {uppofed that they died laughing,fo forceably hathit drawne and consandfinewes,that their faces haue been drawne awry , as though they laughed; iwife they haue'died with great torment. * Cuar. 371. Ofdiners other Crowfeet, 5 Creticus latifolius. aued Candy Crowfoot. fi AY \ Tan ,| vif) Np) ») es, 3. lagged Speare-woort hath a thicke fat hollow ftalke,diuidingit fe into diuers branche the h thedges lik ot whereonare fet fomtimesby couples two long leaues, fharp pointed,8ccutg about mlikethofe teeth ofa faw. The floures gtowat the topofthe branches,ofa yellow colour,infor the field Crowfoot: the root confifteth of a number ofhairy ftrings. ued authors 4. Marfh Crow-foot,or Speare-woort(whereofit isa kinde,taken ofthe beftappt walled Apion tobe the true Apinmrifus,though diuers thinke that Pul/atillais the fame:offome peter Ata hamorrhoidarum) xifeth forth of the mud or waterifh mire fromathreddie root,tot i ee cubitfometimes higher. The ftalke diuidethit felfe into diuers branches whereHefall, but leaues deeply cut round about like thofeof Doues-foot, and not valiketo the a we of the fomewhatgreater,and ofa moft bright fhining greencolour: the floures grow at ' branches, ofa yellow colour,like vnto the ne water Crow-feet. The Place. +r. faces al mol They growin moift and dankith places,in brinkes or water coutfes,and {uch like pee euery where, «| The Time, They floure in May when other Crow-fect do. | The Names. ae Speare-woortis ¢alled of the later Herbarifts Flammula,and Ranunculus F:ona nunculus raneorer, Or broad leaued Crow-foot :of others,Ranwaculus lon foot :in Low D urch, Ggeleoolen $in Englith,Speare- Crow foot,Spe us Ped Bat e WOOK -nflamet! caufe it is dangerotus and deadly for theep ; andthatif theyfeed of the fame ic anhie uers,fretteth andbliftereth their guts and inrrails. 4 | The Temperature of all the Crowfert. : outhorbit! Speate-woort is like to che other Crow-feet in facultie,it is hot in the m £ 2 Ranunculusfolio Plastaginis. Plantaine leaued Crowfoot, |